1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c
index b45416011c2a..62deffcc64a3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83795.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(reset, "Set to 1 to reset chip, not recommended");
 #define W83795_REG_I2C_ADDR             0xfc
 #define W83795_REG_CONFIG               0x01
 #define W83795_REG_CONFIG_CONFIG48      0x04
+#define W83795_REG_CONFIG_START 0x01
 
 /* Multi-Function Pin Ctrl Registers */
 #define W83795_REG_VOLT_CTRL1           0x02
@@ -1664,12 +1665,18 @@ static const struct sensor_device_attribute_2 sda_single_files[] = {
 
 static void w83795_init_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
+        u8 config;
+
         if (reset)
                 w83795_write(client, W83795_REG_CONFIG, 0x80);
 
-        /* Start monitoring */
-        w83795_write(client, W83795_REG_CONFIG,
-                     w83795_read(client, W83795_REG_CONFIG) | 0x01);
+        /* Start monitoring if needed */
+        config = w83795_read(client, W83795_REG_CONFIG);
+        if (!(config & W83795_REG_CONFIG_START)) {
+                dev_info(&client->dev, "Enabling monitoring operations\n");
+                w83795_write(client, W83795_REG_CONFIG,
+                             config | W83795_REG_CONFIG_START);
+        }
 }
 
 static int w83795_get_device_id(struct i2c_client *client)